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  • First of all, Good question! I believe so. I have two cats, and when I give one all of my attention, the other meows and tries to jump on me. Whereas if I pet the other a couple times, then she seems more content. But I don't know if they get jealous in "romantic" way. Does anybody (maybe a sceintist) know that?
  • yes when i walk into my parents house i have to say hi and pet both of her dogs. if i don t the one i don'tpet, cuts off the other one from visiting me again where i am sitting thay are deffinately jealous !
  • Yes but not in the anthropomorphic way. Probably more in the sense that they worry about losing their shelter/food source/position in the pack.
  • My dog got very jealous when my boyfriend moved in with us. She would jump between us whenever we hugged or kissed. She would sleep in between us in bed, etc.
  • yeah, my two dogs always fight for my attention. You could see the other one's face when you play with the other one.
  • yes, and my dog is a prime example. lol.
  • I think so. I have a guniea pig, rat and hamster that live in my room. When I pay attention to the rat or hamster (feeding, playing, talking baby talk to), the guniea pig goes nuts and squeals and whistles until I come to her and pay attention to her. This happens with cats and dogs too. If my mom pays attention to my son too much the cat gets very jealous and "pushes" my son away!
  • Interesting question. Not sure if it's jealousy, or territorial behavior. I once had an ex-boyfriend that was so jealous, I told him he should just get it over with and pee on me to mark his territory.
  • Yep. They sure do. I was at my stables one day and I was paying more attention to one of the horses more than the other. And the other horse came up behind me and bumped me in the back looking for attention! I laughed and turned around and started petting that horse.
  • i don't think anyone on this site can answer this quetion accurately. However, higher forms of thought, including expression emotions is characteristic of humans, and so i do not feel animals can express jealousy. They may react to primal instincts and fight for food, but only for survival, not out of jealousy
  • yes, my chihuahua gets so jealous if you pay attention or give a treat to our cat
  • Yes, they can. My aunt has a dog named Thomas and when she got another dog named Tobi, Thomas got sad and jealous. Thomas would sleep in the new dog's (<--Tobi) bed instead of her own.
  • I had two sets of mated cockatiel pairs. When one boy decided to make a play for the other female...my goodness....clear the room. The mate barked and pecked at him like there was no tomorrow. Jealousy? I dunno, but that is sure what it looked like. :)
  • yes , my dog. Never let me kiss or hug my mom . always trying to be between.
  • yes they do. My cat and the neighbors cat get into these fights and it is for territoral rights of the apartments. We keep them separate and let them see each other only once a week now. until they learn not to fight with each other,
  • yes definitly i have 2 staffies and my dad as 1 and they all get jealous when one of them is getting attention, they even sit on the paper when we read because we are not taking them on LOL
  • I think they do, yes..There was a dog behind the fence, and whenever I went to go pet it, my dog (kiki) would jump at my hand, and push it away..Also, before my cat(spiffy) died, when I went to go pet her, my dog would push my hand off, to try and get me to pet her instead..So yeah, I think animals can get jealous.
  • yes, usually followed immediately by getting bitous!
  • Yes my cockatiel gets jealous All of the time, like if I'm working with my parakeets on stepping up, Or when I take a shower without her se gets mad at me!
  • They do on the Discovery Channel! Males in territorial/mating rivalries - I would deem that "jealous."
  • Great question. It draws a line in the sand defining how people view their pets and makes them stand on one side or the other. No. Animals do not get jealous. When they see another animal with what they want, they see what they want and make no assessment for wanting to be the animal who has it. Human jealousy involves ego and identity. "I want to be more like Bill, he is so studious." We want the studious but say we want to be more like Bill. I do not believe animals do that. To be jealous is to focus on the person who has what we want, instead of what we want.
  • I do believe so, why do you think they fight for mating rights.
  • I think so and here's why. When I was 7 my parents took me to the local pound to pick out a dog. There was one large pen that led to an outside pen and it was full of dogs. Two dogs interested me, a little retriever puppy and a toy Manchester Terrier puppy. The terrier came to me first and licked my hand then the retriever puppy came up and licked my hand. While I was deciding, and talking with my parents, the retriever puppy walked off and the terrier followed him. She caught up with him in the middle of the pack and growled at him--and only him! That's when we all saw it and I picked the terrier. My parents never forgot that scene. She lived with me from the time I was 7 until I was 24 and she was 17 1/2 years old when she died.
  • Yes. Watch 'The Dog Whisperer' or check out Cesar's website at http://dogpsychologycenter.com/dogwhisperer
  • Tippi Hedron in her book "The Cats of Shambala" says that Lions are perhaps the most innately jealous things on the planet (also the most innately lazy). And that they may become possessive for no apparent reason over a person, an article of clothing, even a pile of leaves, (but most often food) and though it's perfectly friendly and safe to be around most of the time, they will have unpredictible bouts of - what seems to be jealosy - over any old random thing! She tried to keep a few more or less as pets, apparently, but is you might imagine, a lion apparently tends to create a certain amount of havoc in an indoor environment. Especially when it's interested in all that lovely food that's on a tabletop that its human friends seem to be enjoying eating. That's what their lion got jealous over the most. Needless to say, they started up a preserve because they didn't want to keep them in their house for very long.
  • I have a horse that spends a bit of time in a large paddock with 3 others; There is one mare & three geldings - the mare is the paddock diva. Monty is a very affectionate animal, but scared to death of the mare; The only time he will stand up to her is if I enter the paddock & call him and they all come; He will drive the two other geldings away first (not my horses) and then if the mare (my son's)is still hanging around he will go for her too. I do not necessarily have any horse treats on me for him to behave like this, so I assume it is jealousy and possessiveness of me that triggers this behavior; It only happens in the big paddock - if he and the mare are in a small 1-acre paddock or a yard it doesn't bother him if I pay attention to her.
  • Definitely. My dog comes over and fights for a hug too when my mom hugs my brother.
  • I know that my two dogs get jealous of one another.
  • I've seen cats and dogs get jealous.
  • They fight for dominancy and kill each other's offspring not to mention also taking over territory. All these things are evidence of jealousy in humans but probably improper to apply it in human terms to animals.
  • Oh yes. My kitten will assault my older cat if she gets too close to me.
  • Sure my cat gets jealous when I am reading a magazine or a book instead of paying attention to her. She will position her self in front of the book so that I cant see it. I move her and back she comes. Same with the computer she will jump up on the desk and block the screen until I pet her.
  • Sure they do. When I brought home Brewster, (my dog), my two cats were so jealous of him, they wanted to eat him for dinner. I had to give lots of extra attention to both cats just so they wouldn't beat him up.
  • They sure do!
  • some do! my cousin's dog is jealous of their cat. if the cat gets any attention he gets mad and barks for attention! its so cute! lol
  • I believe the correct terms are territorrial and possessive. These are survival based and instinctual. Humans get jealous. It's not quite the same No matter what dress you put on fifi... She's still a dog!
  • I know people say "theirs a difference" but if they look up the actual definition of Jealousy, than yes, animals can be Jealous = Fearful or wary of being supplanted; apprehensive of losing affection or position (possesive). Vigilant in guarding something. (territory perhaps) 1. suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival. (territorial)
  • My cockatiel used to be! ;-)
  • Yes, all the time. My dog is ALWAYS jealous of Queen Huntress.
  • i've seen pets get jealous.

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